The Ethic of Care is Merely a Feminine Moral Theory?

Philosophy and Culture 35 (4):171-180 (2008)
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On the moral development of gender differences in it? Men and women have different moral qualities it? So, the moral qualities of female What is it? Caring is the moral qualities you female? Care is unique to females do? 1982 Carol Gilligan in her "different voice", a book regardless above due to gender is not the same, the moral voice is different, she thinks there is a man's moral voice and female moral voice, the lead In order female doctrine concerned with the discussion is the moral voice of female ethics of care. Gilligan that the female was restricted to men of moral future measure that Lawrence Kohlberg's theory only pay attention to justice and right, neglecting care and responsibility of the ethics-oriented, and this is the female moral character of the development-oriented. Many female ism scholars believe that care representatives In order female moral voice, and sufficiently critical to management, autonomy and equality-oriented traditional ethics learn that from Gilligan's care regardless point of departure, you can build part of female's ethics school, so the positive development of caring ethics school. However, some women of the scholar is not considered to care來regardless above female sexual morality is suitable and appropriate, because the care of filling the volume is just the right description of women of the past life of moral experience, the face of modern female sex Zhengtuo the oppressed and the exploited life situation of effort and helpless Gain, may also become more serious was the moral behavior of female movement and ability to continue to be supported regardless domination and weakened state, it is not in favor of the state to care regardless of a female moral development theory. This paper attempts to discuss the care ethics proceeding, regardless of the above two different moral development, care ethics can properly analyze the expression of female moral experience? Is suitable for female development, as representative of female Toronto theory of moral theory described it? If so, then the care is unique to female moral qualities it? And discussion of care into the road from the gender difference in moral development can be the difference on it? Finally, the ethics of care regardless of the above meaning and value. Different gender has different ethics? What's the feminine moral trait? An ethic of care began from Carol Gilligan's In a Different Voice and continued with Nel Noddings' Caring: A Feminine Approach to Ethics and Moral Education. The ethic of care is thus "feminine" in the sense that it represents the female experience. They argued that the traditional ethics were limited to men. But they wanted to proof that the ethic of care was not meant just for women, and it was not merely a feminine ethic or women's ethic

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